Zelenskiy asks EU leaders for more long-range weapons; Medvedev says Moscow’s relations with the west are at an all-time low
Volodymyr Zelenskiy renewed his call for more long-range weapons from western allies on ThursdaySpeaking to an EU summit via video link, the Ukrainian president recounted the “devastating” scenes he had witnessed close to the frontlines, where fighting has been fiercest. The EU leaders endorsed a plan – agreed by foreign ministers on Monday – to send a million artillery shells to Ukraine over the next year.where he toured local infrastructure and promised to rebuild following Russia’s invasion.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU would work to find 16,200 Ukrainian children deported to Russia. . Asked whether the threat of a nuclear conflict has eased, he said: “No, it hasn’t decreased, it has grown. Every day when they provide Ukraine with foreign weapons brings the nuclear apocalypse closer.” Medvedev also said any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin a would amount to a declaration of war against Russia.prime minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff said.
after a Russian missile strike this month disconnected the plant from the grid. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant needs a reliable electricity supply to operate pumps that circulate water to cool reactors and pools holding nuclear fuel. Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, reported that on Wednesday shelling in the Donetsk region killed two people and injured four others,Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, said: “The aggressor does not give up hope of taking Bakhmut at any cost, despite the losses in manpower and equipment.”
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